How did the Isabela cop bring the drowned man back to life?

The man was obviously not breathing and could have been declared dead. The 40-year-old man drowned in the Rang-ayan River in Ilagan, Isabela after going fishing. It was said he got swept by the current and drowned but luckily dragged back to the river bank by people who were swimming there.

Patrolman Maynard Llapitan narrated that he and his comrades were patrolling when they saw people at a bridge, looking at the river with others shouting at the top of their lungs for help.

Upon checking, they found a man motionless, breathless, and already white as if without blood or life. The man had just been taken out of the water and was said to have drowned.

The importance of basic life support training

Llapitan said knowing the necessity to act with immediacy in such a situation he performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and repeated it over. As minutes passed by and the man was not responding yet.

He thought would he be able to revive this man or leave him dead? Although nervous, he continued performing the CPR routine, carefully doing it right remembering his basic life support training, pumping the man’s chest and blowing air to his mouth.

“Hindi po ako sumuko agad kaya ipinagpatuloy ko lang po ang ang pag-cpr. Pati na rin mga kasamahan ko ay tumulong na rin para maisalba po ang biktima,” he said.

After 30 minutes of resuscitating the victim, Llapitan snatched the soul back to the man. The man gained consciousness.

An ambulance later arrived and the victim was brought to the provincial hospital for medical treatment.

Who is Patrolman Llpitan and what was his advice?

Llapitan is a 24-year-old police officer now two years in service from Dalla, Baggao, Cagayan. He has been assigned in Isabela 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company.

In an interview, he underscored his realization of the usefulness of having knowledge on administering first aid, saying accident may happen any time and if one does not have the adequate basic skills and knowledge, they might see the death of a person whom they could have saved.

“Importante po ang first aid lalo na’t nagsisilbi tayo sa kommunidad. Kahit saan man tayo magpunta hindi maiiwasang maka-encounter ng disgrasya, [at importante ito] lalo na ‘pag malayo ang hospital,” he said.

Llapitan was trained on basic life support at PNP and that it was only yesterday that he got to apply what he learned in an actual situation.

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